BBC Two Rudolf Nureyev Dance to Freedom (2015)

The extraordinary story of how Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West during the first ever major tour of a Russian ballet company, at the height of the Cold War and became a living legend. A dramatised documentary, it is a tale of love and betrayal, ballet and espionage; political intrigue and the triumph of artistic expression. Producer, Director is Richard Curson Smith Executive Producer for IWC Franny Moyle Executive Producers for BBC Greg Sanderson and Jan Younghusband Image: Rudolf Nureyev (Artem Ovcharenko)